"Well, we're warriors empowered by the Good gods," Seelah manages. "To protect the innocent from those who'd do them harm. And... gods... are like... fundamental forces, in a way? But also sort of people? Like Shelyn is beauty and love, but she's also a beautiful woman who lives in Nirvana, with a glaive and a harp and a paintbrush. Or Desna is freedom and travel, but also a giant butterfly who flies through the space between stars. Or Iomedae is righteous victory and glory, and also the greatest human hero who ever lived."

"That reminds me of some things I've heard about Legendary Pokemon, but those don't have, like, humans who get powers from them."

"Legendary? Like, they might or might not exist?"

"Oh, no, no, they definitely exist. But they're not like normal pokemon! There's only one of them, and they're really powerful, and they're connected to the world in a way that normal pokemon aren't--like, Arceus created the universe, and Dialga and Palkia control time and space respectively, and Groudon made the land and Kyogre the oceans, and Ho-oh can raise the dead..."

"...huh. They sound a bit like gods, yeah. Sort of low-budget ones, any strong enough priest can raise the dead with a diamond in hand, but maybe that one's just starting out?"

"I think I prefer Legendary Pokemon to gods," Ember muses. "Especially if they don't make people worship them."

"Well, Legendaries definitely aren't all the same amount of powerful, Ho-oh is as ancient as the others as far as I know. But it's also totally possible that it can do more impressive stuff and I just haven't heard of it, specifically."

"Wait, no, hang on, gods give you the power to raise the dead?"

Ember nods. "But other things can do that. I think I could do it if I got strong enough, and I don't get my power from gods at all."

Seelah frowns. "...you shouldn't say that where people can hear, they might think you're a witch."

"I am!"

"Definitely don't say that where people can hear you," Anevia advises.

"I guess that might explain why people are going around killing each other, if you can fix it as easily as a fainted pokemon."

"It's very hard to fix," Ember says sadly. "And you need a diamond, and there aren't many diamonds around. And demons can't be Raised at all."

"You're a witch?!" Seelah exclaims, clearly very upset about it.

"Seelah, quick tip from someone who's been at this business longer than you: witches aren't always Baphomites, and the ones who are pretend they're wizards, they don't act like moontouched angels. South of Lastwall they don't even care."

Also, if you're suspicious of someone serving Baphomet, the thing you do is watch them closely, not ask them out loud to justify themselves, but Seelah isn't exactly an Inquisitor.

"What do 'witch,' 'wizard,' 'moontouched,' 'angel,' and 'Baphomite' mean?"

Anevia ticks off her fingers. "A witch is somebody who uses divine magic, god-magic, without the gods giving it to them. A wizard is somebody who learns magic the way mortals usually do it, lots of books and chanting. Moontouched is, uh, when you're a bit odd in the head, sorry, my filter isn't exactly on. Angels are like the opposite of demons, they're kind and brave and they help people without wanting anything for it. Baphomites worship Baphomet, the demon lord of lies and treachery, and usually want to fuck other people over so nobody likes them very much."

"I don't really know what a demon is, either, except I think I inferred that the...entities...that attacked in the square are demons? And they're why you have enough military stuff going on to need a barracks?"

"Yep. Demons are a colossal bunch of assholes who want to rape and break and kill everything that isn't them."

"Soldiers are like that, when they're not at home."

"Great. They can go home, then."

"Where is their home?"

"The Abyss. An infinite hole full of demons who all hate each other. It's a pretty unpleasant place, by all accounts, and there's a bunch of giant holes leading to it in the middle of the Worldwound – those being the eponymous Wound."

"Why would that be a thing that exists???"